Man Utd News: Solskaer does justice to Cristiano Ronaldo: “His move to Manchester United was a mistake”
doCristiano Ronaldo was in the news for his speech during the collection of the 'Quinas de Ouro' award in which he hinted that his retirement is close and that he may reach 1,000 goals before, but today it was not him who spoke, but one of his former coaches. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer managed the Portuguese for a few months at Manchester United, until the Norwegian was replaced.
The Portuguese striker arrived in England from Juventus in what seemed like an ideal reunion, both in terms of price (17 million euros) and sporting performance (he had just scored 36 goals for Juventus). However, The talent-churning machine that the Red Devils have become ended the fairy tale. just a season and a half later. Solskjaer admitted to the Norwegian media NRK that it may not have been the right decision: “It was probably the wrong decision for all of us, but at the time we felt it was the right decision,” he said.
A few months ago, Ole also commented on the change that the striker's arrival brought to the team in an interview with Gary Neville: “With him we didn't have any problems with the ball, but we had to change the different roles we had become accustomed to in the press. We were one of the teams that put the most pressure before he arrived.”
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“I think it affected the dynamic. Perhaps many other players felt less important because, logically, a world superstar had arrived,” the Norwegian coach also spoke of an impact on the locker room.
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Ronaldo was under Solskjaer for 12 games, in which he scored nine goals and provided two assists. Everything went wrong with the arrival of Erik Ten Hag, but Ronaldo almost landed on the other side of Manchester before all this happened. “He is one of the best players in the world in the last 15 years. If he had signed for City he would have scored more goals than Haaland.” Solskjaer said a few months ago.
Erling is now Norway's captain following Martin Odegaard's injury, but with little success as his country lost 5-1 to Austria in his first match with the armband. Even so, Olé sees him prepared: “He has the personality for it.”
As for his future, the coach sees himself prepared for a national team and, although England did not contact him with the dismissal of Southgate, he believes he may have a future in international football.
